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_aRC140.5 _b.P74 1994 |
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100 | 1 | _aPreston, Richard, 1954- | |
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_aThe hot zone _c/ Richard Preston |
250 | _a1st ed | ||
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_aNew York _b: Random House _c, c1994. |
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_axiii, 300 p. _b: map _c; 24 cm. |
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520 | _aA highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus.The Hot Zonetells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore,The Hot Zoneproves that truth really is scarier than fiction. From the Paperback edition | ||
650 | 0 | _aEbola virus disease | |
650 | 0 | _aPrimates as laboratory animals | |
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